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4 days ago · George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the ...
- 1909–1945
- Beatrice Smith, Ruth Ellen, George Patton IV
2 days ago · The Seventh Army was assigned to land in the Gulf of Gela, in south-central Sicily, with the 3rd Infantry Division and 2nd Armored Division to the west at Licata Mollarella beach, 1st Division in the center at Gela, and 45th Division to the east at Scoglitti. The 82nd Airborne Division was assigned to drop behind the defences at Gela and Scoglitti.
- 9 July – 17 August 1943, (1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
- Sicily occupied by Allied forces
- Allied victory
5 days ago · Unit History - US, 3rd Armored Division, 1941-1945; Unit History - US, 1st Armored Division, 1944-1945; Unit History - US, 36th Infantry Division, 1940-1945; Unit History - US, 45th Infantry Division, 1918-1945; Unit History - US, 34th Infantry Division, 1941-1945; See all publications; Related Collections. World War II - (United States) Afghan ...
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2 days ago · In the early months of the American Revolution, the first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1775. It comprised the 22,000 militia troops then besieging Boston and an additional 5,000 militiamen in New York. It was placed under the control of a five-member civilian ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Operation Market Garden. Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion ...
- 17–27 September 1944
5 days ago · To Members and Friends of the 8th Armored Division Association: We wish to invite veterans, descendants of the veterans, researchers, teachers and students of the history of World War II, and members of veterans' organizations to join us. Our mission is to gather and preserve the stories, pictures, records, and archival data of the 8th Armored ...
5 days ago · The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 44th Infantry Division Headquarters on 8 November 1928. It was rescinded on 27 August 1954. The insignia was reinstated and redesignated for the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th Armored Division on 26 December 1956.
